Review: National Theatre Live: Angels in America (2017)
by“In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead.” – Harper Pitt, Angels in…
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TV: True Detective, An Analysis
byTrue Detective‘s first season won five Emmys and the adulation of audiences craving philosophically engaging crime drama. At first glance, the finale seemed to…
Film Review: Entourage (2015)
byFour years after the conclusion of the hit television series, Entourage arrives on the big screen. Full disclosure: this reviewer has never seen the television…
TV Recap: Silicon Valley, S02E05, Server Space
byThe narrative progress of Silicon Valley has always been ‘one step forward, two steps back’ for the Pied Piper team. Unfortunately this has often…
TV Recap: Silicon Valley, S02E04, The Lady
byThe major criticism of Silicon Valley in its first season was the lack of strong female characters in the cast. It could be argued…
TV Recap: Silicon Valley, S02E03, Bad Money
bySometimes in business it’s not about the numbers or the metrics, about what looks safe or right, or about what should be done. It’s…
Film Review: Banksy Does New York (2014)
byFor the month of October 2013 the graffiti artist known simply as Banksy took up residence in New York City with the promise of…
TV Recap: Silicon Valley, S02E01, Sand Hill Shuffle
byThe return of Silicon Valley and Veep on HBO marks Sunday as one of the sharpest nights of satire on TV. While the latter…
Film Review: Seduced and Abandoned (2014)
by‘I look back on my life and its 95% running around trying to raise money to make movies and 5% actually making them. It’s…
Film Review: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
bySo, you want to make an adventure movie, do you? All right, I can see why; they’re as popular as popular can be these…